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Math Puzzle

  • POSTED ON: 13 Jan, 2017
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  • POSTED BY: HeyMath!
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Here are two Math puzzles for you to solve. Get cracking!

Task A

A goldsmith made five ornaments – a ring, a chain, a bangle, a necklace and a nose ring of different weights. Suppose we know that

• The ring weighs thrice as much as the chain

• The chain weighs five times as much as the bangle

• The necklace weighs more than the bangle but less than the ring

• The chain weighs one and a half times as much as the necklace

• The nose ring weighs half as much as the necklace and twice as much as the bangle

Answer these questions based on the above statements!

Task B

In a certain code language, FOUR is written as IRXU. In the same language, how will the following words be written?